CUA50715 Diploma of Graphic Design

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CUA50715 ended on 14 April 2021 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 16 April 2022 — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register (s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National VET Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR RTOs and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355, in force 1 July 2025)), or from a later date if ASQA has approved otherwise for your organisation.

Learners already enrolled have no fixed deadline: they complete the product and are issued their AQF certification, or transfer to the replacement, in a timely manner (ASQA guidance, read live 25 August 2026).

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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
CUA — Creative Arts and Culture Training Package
Currency period ends
14 April 2021
Latest release
Release 1 · 15 January 2016
Supersedes
CUV50311
Superseded by
CUA50720 equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. CUA50715Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Graphic Design
  2. equivalent
  3. CUA50720Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Graphic Design
  4. not equivalent
  5. CUA50725CurrentDiploma of Graphic Design

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • CUV50311CUA50715equivalent14 January 2016

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages. Clarification of packaging rules. Unit codes updated.

  • CUA50715CUA50720equivalent15 April 2021

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

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What CUA50715 is made of

training.gov.au lists 68 units for CUA50715: 9 core and 59 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 9 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBDES403Develop and extend design skills and practicenot current
CUAACD501Refine drawing and other visual representation toolsnot current
CUAGRD501Research visual communication history and theorycurrent
CUAGRD502Produce graphic designs for 2-D and 3-D applicationscurrent
CUAGRD503Produce typographic design solutionscurrent
CUAGRD504Create and manipulate graphicsnot current
CUAGRD505Design and manipulate complex layoutsnot current
CUAGRD506Develop graphic design practice to meet industry needsnot current
CUAPPR503Present a body of own creative worknot current

Elective units 59 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBADV509Create mass print media advertisementsnot current
BSBADV510Create mass electronic media advertisementsnot current
BSBCMM401Make a presentationnot current
BSBCRT301Develop and extend critical and creative thinking skillsnot current
BSBCRT401Articulate, present and debate ideasnot current
BSBCRT402Collaborate in a creative processnot current
BSBCRT501Originate and develop conceptsnot current
BSBDES402Interpret and respond to a design briefnot current
BSBDES501Implement design solutionsnot current
BSBDES502Establish, negotiate and refine a design briefnot current
BSBEBU502Implement e-business solutionsnot current
BSBIPR401Use and respect copyrightnot current
BSBIPR404Protect and use innovative designsnot current
BSBIPR405Protect and use intangible assets in small businessnot current
BSBMKG418Develop and apply knowledge of marketing communication industrynot current
BSBMKG421Optimise digital media impactnot current
BSBMKG524Design effective user experiencesnot current
BSBMKG530Create distributed multiplatform digital advertisementsnot current
BSBPMG522Undertake project worknot current
BSBWHS501Ensure a safe workplacenot current
BSBWOR501Manage personal work priorities and professional developmentnot current
BSBWRT401Write complex documentsnot current
BSBWRT501Write persuasive copynot current
CUAACD502Create observational drawingsnot current
CUAACD503Select and refine a specialised drawing techniquenot current
CUAACD504Research and apply light and colournot current
CUAACD506Refine 2-D design ideas and processesnot current
CUAACD507Refine 3-D design ideas and processesnot current
CUAACD512Work with photomedia in creative practicenot current
CUADIG304Create visual design componentscurrent
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CodeUnitIn this product
CUADIG401Author interactive mediacurrent
CUADIG403Create user interfacesnot current
CUADIG501Coordinate the testing of interactive media productsnot current
CUADIG502Design digital applicationsnot current
CUADIG503Design e-learning resourcesnot current
CUADIG506Design interactionnot current
CUADIG507Design digital simulationsnot current
CUADIG509Investigate technologies for the creation of digital artnot current
CUAILL401Develop and refine illustrative workcurrent
CUAILL501Develop professional illustrationsnot current
CUAIND401Extend expertise in specialist creative fieldsnot current
CUAIND402Provide freelance servicesnot current
CUAIND502Maintain and apply creative arts industry knowledgenot current
CUAPHI501Apply visual communication theory to photo imaging practicenot current
CUAPHI513Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplacenot current
CUAPHI514Prepare digital images for pre-press processingnot current
CUAPOS402Manage media assetsnot current
CUAPPR501Realise a body of creative worknot current
CUAPPR502Develop own sustainable professional practicenot current
CUAPPR504Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practicenot current
CUASOU304Prepare audio assetscurrent
ICPPRN384Set up and produce basic digital printnot current
ICPPRN496Set up and produce complex digital printnot current
ICPPRP422Digitise complex images for reproductioncurrent
ICPPRP430Manage colournot current
ICPPRP435Generate complex impositionnot current
ICPPRP484Set up and operate automated workflownot current
ICTWEB501Build a dynamic websitenot current
SITXICT401Build and launch a small business websitenot current

Core and elective are the register's own flags on the unit grid of the release read here. "Not current" means training.gov.au no longer recommends that unit for use inside this product — it does not say anything about the product itself.

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 28 August 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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